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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 3 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
even lying down ; for many nights the Royal patient knew not even the luxury of a bed !—he was attended b y Dr . Holland , whose anxiety may be well conceived ; ancl the Hon . E . Gore , ancl Mr . White , the Grand Secretary , sat up on alternate ni ghts ; Mr . Savory also was occasionall y
an attendant . We have the happiness to state , that notwithstanding the unusual severe weather , his Royal Highness has not again relapsed—and that such is the state ofhis spirits , that he contemplates attending in person at the Grand Festival , which may GOD grant !
At the Board of General Purposes and Finance , there has been nothing of an unusual character , unless we may state that the accounts of the latter Board display a good Financial Report , as the Audit Committee of the Grand Lodge very clearly testified .
The Grand Lodge on its last Meeting , was occupied by a lengthened disscussion , which we believe was not very clearly understood—at least upon the real merits of the case—for to suppose for a moment , that the Board of Finance is incompetent to its duty , is rather like a censure
upon the Grand Master , and the Grand Lodge for having appointed and elected inefficient members . We candidl y think , that a vote of thanks to them would have been more
appropriate , as an acknowled gment of their attention to official duty . At the Grand Chapter held in February , the proceedings were of a somewhat anomalous character . A
first Principal had returned a Companion for office having the lesser number of votes , under an impression that another who had the greater number was not duly qualified—the new regulations not having been publicly promuKited . -ine Iirst 1 nncipal might or mi ght not have been correct—
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
even lying down ; for many nights the Royal patient knew not even the luxury of a bed !—he was attended b y Dr . Holland , whose anxiety may be well conceived ; ancl the Hon . E . Gore , ancl Mr . White , the Grand Secretary , sat up on alternate ni ghts ; Mr . Savory also was occasionall y
an attendant . We have the happiness to state , that notwithstanding the unusual severe weather , his Royal Highness has not again relapsed—and that such is the state ofhis spirits , that he contemplates attending in person at the Grand Festival , which may GOD grant !
At the Board of General Purposes and Finance , there has been nothing of an unusual character , unless we may state that the accounts of the latter Board display a good Financial Report , as the Audit Committee of the Grand Lodge very clearly testified .
The Grand Lodge on its last Meeting , was occupied by a lengthened disscussion , which we believe was not very clearly understood—at least upon the real merits of the case—for to suppose for a moment , that the Board of Finance is incompetent to its duty , is rather like a censure
upon the Grand Master , and the Grand Lodge for having appointed and elected inefficient members . We candidl y think , that a vote of thanks to them would have been more
appropriate , as an acknowled gment of their attention to official duty . At the Grand Chapter held in February , the proceedings were of a somewhat anomalous character . A
first Principal had returned a Companion for office having the lesser number of votes , under an impression that another who had the greater number was not duly qualified—the new regulations not having been publicly promuKited . -ine Iirst 1 nncipal might or mi ght not have been correct—